Towards a Sustainable Economy ― Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances – mainly in the domains of energy and transportation – contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it combines in the framework of a systems sciences approach, the book presents qualitative and quantitative studies on government regulation, resources management and firms' strategy. Topics covered include the state-market dilemma of government CO2 emission targets, implications of the electrification of the economy, incentives and coercion in government transport policies, and innovations in the electric vehicle industry.

Pascal Da Costa is an associate professor at Ecole CentraleSupelec (France), head of the Research Chair Croissance Durable Capitaldon, and head of the Sustainable Economy Research Team at CentraleSupelec’s Laboratory of Industrial Engineering.

His research interests include the economics of sustainable growth and energy.

He has published 9 articles in refereed journals, 9 book chapters and edited 3 books. He is a current and former member of several scientific committees, has participated in 5 ANR projects (French Research Agency) and 4 EU Research programs, and has supervised 8 theses, 6 postdoctoral researchers and 9 masters students. 

Danielle Attias is a professor at Ecole CentraleSupelec (France), head of the Research Chair of Armand Peugeot, Hybrid Technologies and Economy of Electro-mobility, a member of the Sustainable Economy Research Team at CentraleSupelec’s Laboratory of Industrial Engineering and an expert at the European Research Center for Road Traffic Safety.

Her research interests include the economics of innovation and electro-mobility. 

She published the book The Automobile Revolution - Towards a New Electro Mobility Paradigm, with Springer in 2017, and 6 articles in refereed journals. She is a current and former member of 11 scientific committees, and of the French Parliamentary Commission on Mobility. She is currently supervising 3 theses within the framework of the Research Chair.